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One afternoon a couple of months ago, I was sitting in traffic in the car, listening to the radio. For some reason I suddenly had a flash of brilliance: why not make my stitch dictionaries into apps for smartphones? I don’t even know that they were talking about apps on the radio. I don’t think […] Exciting news! I was one of the three readers of Mary Corbet’s Needle’nThread selected to test Luzine Happel‘s left-handed schwalm embroidery instructions. I’m thrilled! This comes at the perfect time for me, as I am between books, and haven’t got any embroidery projects on the go at the moment. If you’re one of the other […] If you haven’t yet been caught up in the excitement of my new book, head on over to the website of one of my biggest US fans – that would be Mary Corbet’s Needle’nThread! – and get yourself on the list to possibly win a copy of my new book “Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from […] I think I told you a little while ago that I had made a provisional decision on what book to write next, just so that I had something to get on with. I didn’t really see the point in sitting around for the next six months just wondering about which one to do next. And […] Thanks to everyone who contributed an answer to my question yesterday about what you understand “stab stitching” to mean. Most of you explained it as the same thing that I was thinking of – when you take the needle wholly from the front, wholly to the back, and back again, rather than threading the needle […] My apologies for my absence yesterday; it was a public holiday here in Australia, celebrating Anzac Day. Anzac (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day celebrates the contribution made by our many troops who have fought in wars around the world defending Australia and New Zealand. I will still be working on despatching orders again […] I’ve entered my Portuguese Whitework tablecloth in the Sydney Royal Easter Show this year. I dropped it off at the showground a couple of Saturdays ago. We were late in the day on the last day of drop offs, so I could see what was there in the way of competition. There didn’t seem to […] On Friday I invited my sister and my mum to come with me to the Craft and Sewing Show at Rosehill Racecourse. I was hoping to pick up some fabric and thread for using in my new book. My sister was hoping for some of the indie crafts vendors who had been at the show […] I read an article in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning about hobbies in Australia. Through a very inexact set of percentages, it seems that a good number of Australians take part in textile crafts. Let’s look at those numbers: Australia’s population is about 21 or 22 million. 27% of the population over 15 years […] For the record, I do not do any embroidery commissions. I just generally don’t have time to do my own work AND some else’s. (Unless you’re working for Baz Luhrmann and he needs a prop for his latest movie – then I will MAKE time to fit it in. Do look out for my handkerchief!) […] |
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
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